Yellow-billed Magpie
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Pica
Species: nuttalli
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Description
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Length: 16.5"
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Wing span: 24"
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Weight: 5 oz (155 grams)
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Large black & white songbird wiht a long black tail
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Bill and area round eyes are bright yellow
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Head, breast, back, tail, and undertail black
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Glossy iridescence on wings and tail
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Sexes look alike
Factoids:
- Although the Yellow-billed Magpie is common and conspicuous in the open oak woodlands of central and southern California, it is found nowhere else in the world
- The Yellow-billed Magpie is omnivorous, eating a variety of plant and animal foods. Insects, however, make up most of the diet. The Yellow-billed Magpie has been seen pecking insects off the backs of mule deer
- The covered nest requires maintenance to the canopy throughout the nesting season. The Yellow-billed Magpie usually builds a new nest each year, but if a nest fails early in the breeding season the pair will refurbish an old nest for a renesting attempt rather than build a new one
All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2010
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds.
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